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Feb. 20, 2024 Sanders Sends Letter to Attorney General as BlackRock Appears to Violate Federal Law Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 28, 2023 NEWS: New GAO Report Finds Retirement Savings Stagnate for Middle-Class Americans, While the Wealthy See Huge Gains Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 25, 2023 NEWS: Sanders, Scott, 29 Democratic Senators, Introduce Legislation to Raise the Minimum Wage to $17 by 2028, Benefitting Nearly 28 Million Workers Across America Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 15, 2023 Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees: Interview With Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 12, 2023 NEWS: Sanders Statement on Silicon Valley Bank Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 15, 2023 NEWS: Sanders Statement on Starbucks CEO Refusal to Testify Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 9, 2023 NEWS: Sanders Demands Paid Sick Days for Rail Workers Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 8, 2023 Letter to Railroad Company CEOs - NEWS: Sanders Demands Paid Sick Days for Rail Workers Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 8, 2023 Letter Railroad Company CEOs - NEWS: Sanders Demands Paid Sick Days for Rail Workers Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 7, 2023 Letter to Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks - NEWS: Chairman Sanders and All Democratic Members of HELP Committee Invite Starbucks CEO to Testify at Hearing on Company's Labor Practices Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 5, 2023 Letter to Michelle Korsmo, President and CEO of the National Restaurant Association - Senators Warren, Sanders, Murray Push National Restaurant Association for Answers Following Bombshell Report of Misuse of Food Safety Training Funds Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 24, 2023 Letter to Stephane Bancel, CEO of Moderna - Senators Warren, Welch Raise Concerns over Moderna's Planned COVID-19 Vaccine Price Hike Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Dec. 2, 2022 Letter to US Bank Regulators - Senator Markey Joins Representative Omar and Senator Warren in Leading Letter to Call on Regulators to Improve Banking Access for Communities of Color Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 28, 2022 Tweet - "Profits in last 2 quarters Exxon:⬆️228% to $38 billion Chevron:⬆️149% to $23 billion Shell:⬆️117% to $21 billion These companies are spending $63 billion in stock buybacks & dividends - a massive transfer of wealth from the working class to the top 1%. Windfall profits tax NOW!" Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 20, 2022 Tweet - "Corporate profits are at a 70-year high, median wages have gone down the sharpest in 25 years and corporations are spending $1 trillion on stock buybacks. Our goal must not be to "get wages down." Our goal must be to end corporate greed. The Fed must stop raising interest rates." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 18, 2022 Tweet - "President Biden's Student Loan Debt Relief application is now open, and it takes less than five minutes to apply. This is a MAJOR first step. Next step: Make education a fundamental right for all, not a privilege for the wealthy few. Apply today: https://studentaid.gov/debt-relief/application" Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 14, 2022 Letter to Bernard de Saint-Affrique, CEO of Danone, Shane Grant, CEO of Danone North America - Welch, Pingree, Kuster, and Golden Urge Danone to Fulfill Commitment to Northeast Organic Dairy Farms Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 4, 2022 Durbin, Welch Statement On Federal Reserve's New Rule To Ensure Debit Card Competition Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 4, 2022 Letter to Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, Mellody Hobson, Chair of the Starbucks Board of Directors - Markey, Warren, Sanders, Blumenthal Blast Starbucks for Brazen, Illegal Union-busting Campaign Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 3, 2022 Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Feinstein, Padilla, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Extend Public Service Loan Forgiveness Waiver Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 19, 2022 Reps. Welch and Gooden Introduce Bipartisan Credit Card Competition Act Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 19, 2022 Letter to Jor-El Godsey, President of Heartbeat International - Markey Joins Warren, Colleagues in Demanding Answers From Heartbeat International About the Collection -- and Potential Disclosure -- of Reproductive Health Information Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 25, 2022 Tweet - "If Howard Schultz, the Starbucks CEO, who is worth $4 billion can afford a $145 million, 254-foot super yacht with a helicopter pad, you know what? He can afford to negotiate a fair first contract with Starbucks workers who voted to form a union in over 230 locations in America." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Aug. 10, 2022 Letter to Isabel Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Cortez Masto Calls on Administration to Release Unspent COVID Relief Funds to Restaurants Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Aug. 5, 2022 Letter to Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve, Michael Hsu, Acting Comptroller of Currency, Martin Gruenberg, Acting Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - Brown, Colleagues Applaud CRA Proposed Rule, Push for More Support for Underserved Communities Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 21, 2022 Tweet - "The function of a rational health care system is to provide quality care to all in a cost-effective way, not make billionaires like Jeff Bezos even richer. At a time of growing concentration of ownership, the Justice Department must deny Amazon's acquisition of One Medical." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 19, 2022 Manchin, Bipartisan Senators Urge Small Business Administration to Process Remaining COVID Loan Applications Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 18, 2022 Letter to Hon. Gary Gensler, Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission - Senator Baldwin Leads Colleagues in Pushing SEC to Increase Transparency and Strengthen Oversight of Predatory Activist Hedge Funds Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 15, 2022 Letter to Hon. Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator of the US Small Business Administration - Baldwin Joins Bipartisan Group of Senators Urging SBA to Process All Eligible COVID EIDL Applications Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 15, 2022 NEWS: Sanders Opposes All Blank Checks to Chip Companies Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 12, 2022 Tweet - "On #PrimeDay, let's not forget. Amazon blamed "inflation" on a 17% price hike in a Prime membership after its profits soared 450% since the pandemic to a record $38 billion while avoiding $5 billion in taxes, spending $4 million on union busting & denying workers paid sick leave." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 11, 2022 Letters to CEOs of Financial Institutions - An Hollen, Colleagues Press Big Banks on Widespread Zelle Fraud Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 10, 2022 Tweet - "Cherry Garcia. Phish Food. Chunky Monkey. Super Fudge Chunk. Ben & Jerry not only revolutionized the world of ice cream, but they also showed the world what a progressive and community-minded business could look like." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 6, 2022 Letter to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission - Protect Data Privacy of People Seeking Reproductive Health Care Sen. Peter Welch, ...
June 18, 2022 Tweet - "Last year, 3 of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in America -- Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and AbbVie -- increased their profits by 90 percent to $54 billion -- while half of the new brand name drugs now cost over $180,000. Obscene." Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 19, 2022 Letter to Joe Bae, Co-CEO of KKR & Co. Inc. - Murray, Warren, Wyden, Sanders Blast Private Equity Giant KKR for Grossly Substandard Care and Unsafe Living Conditions in Group Homes for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
May 12, 2022 Letter to Chris Van Hollen, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services - Grassley, Whitehouse Lead Senators in Call to Fully Fund FinCEN's Anti-Money Laundering Operations Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
April 24, 2022 Tweet - "At a time when many workers feel like cogs in a machine, Vermonters should be proud that at places like Switchback Brewing Company our state is helping to lead the country toward alternatives to corporate ownership." Sen. Bernie Sanders
April 15, 2022 Letter to Alfred Kelly, Chair and CEO of Visa, Michael Miebach, CEO of Mastercard - Sen. Marshall Urges Visa and Mastercard to Call Off Planned Swipe Fee Increases On Vulnerable American Families and Businesses Sen. Peter Welch, ...
April 8, 2022 Whitehouse, Reed, Warren, Sanders, Merkley Introduce Bill to Shield Americans From Sky-high Credit Card Rates Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
April 7, 2022 NEWS: Rep. Jamaal Bowman Introduces The Ending Corporate Greed Act alongside Senator Bernie Sanders Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
April 4, 2022 Tweet - "If you think that the recent union victories at Amazon and Starbucks are an aberration, you would be sorely mistaken. I'm on the Senate floor to talk about how workers are standing together and fighting back all over the country." Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 31, 2022 Letter to Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General of the United States - Senators Gillibrand, Sanders And Merkley, Representatives Ocasio-Cortez, Pascrell And Kaptur Press Postmaster Dejoy To Improve Postal Banking Pilot Programs Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
March 25, 2022 Sanders Introduces Legislation to Reinstate the WWII Windfall Profit Tax to Combat Rising Inequality, Inflation, and Corporate Profiteering Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 20, 2022 Tweet - "Corporate greed is Amazon increasing its profits by 75% last year to a record $35 billion, denying workers a $3 raise, illegally underpaying drivers and blaming a $20 price hike in a Prime membership on "inflation" while Jeff Bezos became $81 billion richer during the pandemic." Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 17, 2022 Tweet - "Wendy's increased its net income by 70%, pays its CEO 532X more than its median worker & is spending $100 million on stock buybacks. Now it's blaming the rising price of a Frosty on inflation? No. The problem isn't the Wendy's worker who got a 50 cent raise. It's corporate greed." Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 16, 2022 Tweet - "If Jeff Bezos can afford a $500 million yacht, a $23 million mansion with 25 bathrooms and a rocket ship to blast a comedian to outer space, you know what? Amazon can afford to give its employees a $3 raise. I stand in strong solidarity with the Amazon workers walkout." Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 11, 2022 Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Hon. Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives - Reed Discusses Replenishing the Restaurant Revitalization Fund Sen. Peter Welch, ...
March 10, 2022 Tweet - "I'm delighted to see an agreement reached so that the MLB season can start. But we must prevent the greed of baseball's oligarchs from destroying the game. The best way to do that is to end MLB's antitrust exemption and I will be introducing legislation to do just that." Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 9, 2022 Tweet - "This is oligarchy. This is greed. This is callousness. Last year, over 2 million people worldwide died of hunger. At the same time, the world's 2,755 billionaires saw their wealth go up by $5 trillion -- from $8.6 trillion to $13.8 trillion. This is why we need a tax on wealth." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Date Title Politician
Feb. 20, 2024 Sanders Sends Letter to Attorney General as BlackRock Appears to Violate Federal Law Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 28, 2023 NEWS: New GAO Report Finds Retirement Savings Stagnate for Middle-Class Americans, While the Wealthy See Huge Gains Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 25, 2023 NEWS: Sanders, Scott, 29 Democratic Senators, Introduce Legislation to Raise the Minimum Wage to $17 by 2028, Benefitting Nearly 28 Million Workers Across America Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 15, 2023 Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees: Interview With Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 12, 2023 NEWS: Sanders Statement on Silicon Valley Bank Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 15, 2023 NEWS: Sanders Statement on Starbucks CEO Refusal to Testify Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 9, 2023 NEWS: Sanders Demands Paid Sick Days for Rail Workers Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 8, 2023 Letter to Railroad Company CEOs - NEWS: Sanders Demands Paid Sick Days for Rail Workers Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 8, 2023 Letter Railroad Company CEOs - NEWS: Sanders Demands Paid Sick Days for Rail Workers Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 7, 2023 Letter to Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks - NEWS: Chairman Sanders and All Democratic Members of HELP Committee Invite Starbucks CEO to Testify at Hearing on Company's Labor Practices Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 5, 2023 Letter to Michelle Korsmo, President and CEO of the National Restaurant Association - Senators Warren, Sanders, Murray Push National Restaurant Association for Answers Following Bombshell Report of Misuse of Food Safety Training Funds Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 24, 2023 Letter to Stephane Bancel, CEO of Moderna - Senators Warren, Welch Raise Concerns over Moderna's Planned COVID-19 Vaccine Price Hike Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Dec. 2, 2022 Letter to US Bank Regulators - Senator Markey Joins Representative Omar and Senator Warren in Leading Letter to Call on Regulators to Improve Banking Access for Communities of Color Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 28, 2022 Tweet - "Profits in last 2 quarters Exxon:⬆️228% to $38 billion Chevron:⬆️149% to $23 billion Shell:⬆️117% to $21 billion These companies are spending $63 billion in stock buybacks & dividends - a massive transfer of wealth from the working class to the top 1%. Windfall profits tax NOW!" Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 20, 2022 Tweet - "Corporate profits are at a 70-year high, median wages have gone down the sharpest in 25 years and corporations are spending $1 trillion on stock buybacks. Our goal must not be to "get wages down." Our goal must be to end corporate greed. The Fed must stop raising interest rates." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 18, 2022 Tweet - "President Biden's Student Loan Debt Relief application is now open, and it takes less than five minutes to apply. This is a MAJOR first step. Next step: Make education a fundamental right for all, not a privilege for the wealthy few. Apply today: https://studentaid.gov/debt-relief/application" Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 14, 2022 Letter to Bernard de Saint-Affrique, CEO of Danone, Shane Grant, CEO of Danone North America - Welch, Pingree, Kuster, and Golden Urge Danone to Fulfill Commitment to Northeast Organic Dairy Farms Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 4, 2022 Durbin, Welch Statement On Federal Reserve's New Rule To Ensure Debit Card Competition Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 4, 2022 Letter to Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, Mellody Hobson, Chair of the Starbucks Board of Directors - Markey, Warren, Sanders, Blumenthal Blast Starbucks for Brazen, Illegal Union-busting Campaign Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 3, 2022 Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Feinstein, Padilla, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Extend Public Service Loan Forgiveness Waiver Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 19, 2022 Reps. Welch and Gooden Introduce Bipartisan Credit Card Competition Act Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 19, 2022 Letter to Jor-El Godsey, President of Heartbeat International - Markey Joins Warren, Colleagues in Demanding Answers From Heartbeat International About the Collection -- and Potential Disclosure -- of Reproductive Health Information Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 25, 2022 Tweet - "If Howard Schultz, the Starbucks CEO, who is worth $4 billion can afford a $145 million, 254-foot super yacht with a helicopter pad, you know what? He can afford to negotiate a fair first contract with Starbucks workers who voted to form a union in over 230 locations in America." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Aug. 10, 2022 Letter to Isabel Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Cortez Masto Calls on Administration to Release Unspent COVID Relief Funds to Restaurants Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Aug. 5, 2022 Letter to Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve, Michael Hsu, Acting Comptroller of Currency, Martin Gruenberg, Acting Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - Brown, Colleagues Applaud CRA Proposed Rule, Push for More Support for Underserved Communities Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 21, 2022 Tweet - "The function of a rational health care system is to provide quality care to all in a cost-effective way, not make billionaires like Jeff Bezos even richer. At a time of growing concentration of ownership, the Justice Department must deny Amazon's acquisition of One Medical." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 19, 2022 Manchin, Bipartisan Senators Urge Small Business Administration to Process Remaining COVID Loan Applications Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 18, 2022 Letter to Hon. Gary Gensler, Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission - Senator Baldwin Leads Colleagues in Pushing SEC to Increase Transparency and Strengthen Oversight of Predatory Activist Hedge Funds Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 15, 2022 Letter to Hon. Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator of the US Small Business Administration - Baldwin Joins Bipartisan Group of Senators Urging SBA to Process All Eligible COVID EIDL Applications Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 15, 2022 NEWS: Sanders Opposes All Blank Checks to Chip Companies Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 12, 2022 Tweet - "On #PrimeDay, let's not forget. Amazon blamed "inflation" on a 17% price hike in a Prime membership after its profits soared 450% since the pandemic to a record $38 billion while avoiding $5 billion in taxes, spending $4 million on union busting & denying workers paid sick leave." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 11, 2022 Letters to CEOs of Financial Institutions - An Hollen, Colleagues Press Big Banks on Widespread Zelle Fraud Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 10, 2022 Tweet - "Cherry Garcia. Phish Food. Chunky Monkey. Super Fudge Chunk. Ben & Jerry not only revolutionized the world of ice cream, but they also showed the world what a progressive and community-minded business could look like." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 6, 2022 Letter to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission - Protect Data Privacy of People Seeking Reproductive Health Care Sen.Peter Welch, ...
June 18, 2022 Tweet - "Last year, 3 of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in America -- Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and AbbVie -- increased their profits by 90 percent to $54 billion -- while half of the new brand name drugs now cost over $180,000. Obscene." Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 19, 2022 Letter to Joe Bae, Co-CEO of KKR & Co. Inc. - Murray, Warren, Wyden, Sanders Blast Private Equity Giant KKR for Grossly Substandard Care and Unsafe Living Conditions in Group Homes for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
May 12, 2022 Letter to Chris Van Hollen, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services - Grassley, Whitehouse Lead Senators in Call to Fully Fund FinCEN's Anti-Money Laundering Operations Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
April 24, 2022 Tweet - "At a time when many workers feel like cogs in a machine, Vermonters should be proud that at places like Switchback Brewing Company our state is helping to lead the country toward alternatives to corporate ownership." Sen.Bernie Sanders
April 15, 2022 Letter to Alfred Kelly, Chair and CEO of Visa, Michael Miebach, CEO of Mastercard - Sen. Marshall Urges Visa and Mastercard to Call Off Planned Swipe Fee Increases On Vulnerable American Families and Businesses Sen.Peter Welch, ...
April 8, 2022 Whitehouse, Reed, Warren, Sanders, Merkley Introduce Bill to Shield Americans From Sky-high Credit Card Rates Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
April 7, 2022 NEWS: Rep. Jamaal Bowman Introduces The Ending Corporate Greed Act alongside Senator Bernie Sanders Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
April 4, 2022 Tweet - "If you think that the recent union victories at Amazon and Starbucks are an aberration, you would be sorely mistaken. I'm on the Senate floor to talk about how workers are standing together and fighting back all over the country." Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 31, 2022 Letter to Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General of the United States - Senators Gillibrand, Sanders And Merkley, Representatives Ocasio-Cortez, Pascrell And Kaptur Press Postmaster Dejoy To Improve Postal Banking Pilot Programs Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
March 25, 2022 Sanders Introduces Legislation to Reinstate the WWII Windfall Profit Tax to Combat Rising Inequality, Inflation, and Corporate Profiteering Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 20, 2022 Tweet - "Corporate greed is Amazon increasing its profits by 75% last year to a record $35 billion, denying workers a $3 raise, illegally underpaying drivers and blaming a $20 price hike in a Prime membership on "inflation" while Jeff Bezos became $81 billion richer during the pandemic." Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 17, 2022 Tweet - "Wendy's increased its net income by 70%, pays its CEO 532X more than its median worker & is spending $100 million on stock buybacks. Now it's blaming the rising price of a Frosty on inflation? No. The problem isn't the Wendy's worker who got a 50 cent raise. It's corporate greed." Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 16, 2022 Tweet - "If Jeff Bezos can afford a $500 million yacht, a $23 million mansion with 25 bathrooms and a rocket ship to blast a comedian to outer space, you know what? Amazon can afford to give its employees a $3 raise. I stand in strong solidarity with the Amazon workers walkout." Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 11, 2022 Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Hon. Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives - Reed Discusses Replenishing the Restaurant Revitalization Fund Sen.Peter Welch, ...
March 10, 2022 Tweet - "I'm delighted to see an agreement reached so that the MLB season can start. But we must prevent the greed of baseball's oligarchs from destroying the game. The best way to do that is to end MLB's antitrust exemption and I will be introducing legislation to do just that." Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 9, 2022 Tweet - "This is oligarchy. This is greed. This is callousness. Last year, over 2 million people worldwide died of hunger. At the same time, the world's 2,755 billionaires saw their wealth go up by $5 trillion -- from $8.6 trillion to $13.8 trillion. This is why we need a tax on wealth." Sen.Bernie Sanders
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